Tapeworm Species Details

Choanoscolex lamothei García-Prieto, 1990
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2682
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Choanoscolex
Species lamothei
Authority García-Prieto, 1990
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Megathylacoides lamothei (García-Prieto, 1990) Scholz, Rosas V., Pérez-Ponce de León, Choudhury & de Chambrier, 2003
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

García-Prieto, L. 1990. Descripcion de una especie nueva del genero Choanoscolex La Rue, 1911 (Cestoda: Poteocephalidae), parasita de Ictalurus meridionalis de Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico. Annales del Instituto de BIologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Serio Zoologia 61: 337-342.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
04/16/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/17/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/29/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/16/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Ictaluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ictalurus
Species meridionalis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ictalurus
Species meridionalis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host posterior intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country México
Body of Water Presa Miguel Alemán
Island(s)
City/Region Temascal, Oaxaca
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material CNHE No. II-249 (holotype) CNHE No. II-250 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.